sentence construction

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Define predicate.

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What is said about the subject?

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What is the subject of the sentence: 'Because the students were behaving so badly, Mr. Gibson challenged them to wrestle Mr. Hill.'?

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Mr. Gibson

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Who/what is the SUBJECT in this sentence: 'Shaking the tree violently, Morton imagined having a big gold helmet.'?

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Morton

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What is the COMPOUND SUBJECT in the following sentence: 'The English teachers are a little crazy.'?

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There isn't one.

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What is the predicate of this sentence: 'Friday is the best day of the week.'?

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is the best day of the week.

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Define subject in a sentence.

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The part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a simple subject?

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The main noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a compound subject?

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A subject that consists of two or more simple subjects joined by a conjunction.

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What is a complete predicate?

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The verb and all the words that tell what happened in the sentence.

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What is an example of a compound predicate?

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In the sentence 'She ran and jumped,' 'ran and jumped' is the compound predicate.